P3D Salvator Dali

[geoskell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

In reference to Dali's stereo paintings:

I was walking down the main drag in Honolulu in 1982  with my stereo 
camera  when I was approached by a local shopkeeper. "Is that a stereo 
camera?", he asked. When I replied in the affirmative, he quickly 
whisked me into his  shop. "Come here", he exclaimed excitedly, "You 
must see this stereo painting by  Salvator Dali". He showed me the 
painting (pair) which I judge to be about 20" X 50"  or so. each. His 
problem as he explained  was he did not have a good viewing system. It 
was too difficult for me to free  view  at the  time and he offered me 
a set of prisms  put together  with masking tape. I was able to  view 
it adequately. The image was a sort of crucifixion scene, with the 
figure on the ground. There was a blurry section  on thelower  left 
hand corner of the image, after all, remember he did this all by hand, 
no instrumentation to my knowledge.
  He admitted to me that this was a litho copy of the original which he 
told me was in Northridge, CA. When  I got home I investigated further 
and my best information  was that the original was not in CA but in 
Munich, Germany. I think he quoted the price at that time at $3000. I 
have heard a later price of $4500. I have never seen the image 
elsewhere.
George Skelly


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